Well here it is 60 weeks. This time of the year is Jacob's favorite. He really likes Halloween and went all out. We have been busy decorating our little balcony here in Tulsa for a contest and couldn't help but think how proud Jake would be of us getting so into this decorating. Well the weeks seem to pass by quickly. We were very glad to hear that Jacob is feeling better. Here is his latest letter.
"Hey there! Thanks a lot for the letter. I'm feeling much better this week, now that I've taken my medication for the past week. I did another baptismal interview this past week, the man was pretty old and very repententive. You're never too old to go serve in the temple, that's one thing I'm excited to do in about two months when we have the Christmas Conference in the temple. Also, one of the converts from my first area will be going to the temple in January. It's truly a blessing. Well I love the Work I'm in, it's really demanding but 10 times more rewarding. No, a 100000000 times more rewarding. I love the Lord and I thank my Heavenly Father for all He's done for us and all He will do for us. I thank Him for you all back there and what you do for us down here. I love you and I love Him, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
-Elder Butterfield
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Week 59
Well here another week has gone by and we are at week 59. We are quite concerned about Jacob's health right now. He has been under the weather for a few weeks now. I am sure he is not telling us the full truth but he claims he is feeling a little better. Here is his latest letter along with a picture.
"Hey there! What a great day! Haha, I went to see the doctor today,so it seems like I have an infection. I'm going to take an antibiotic to get rid of the infection. Haha, everything is slowly disappearing from my wardrobe as a missionary... But thanks for caring so much and helping me out. The area was tough this week, but the new members are helping out a lot. I had my first baptismal interviews this past week. It was a neat experience to see the testimonies of these people that are about to make their first covenant with their Heavenly Father. We had a nice baptismal service of a mom of various members that has investigated the Church for a few months. The picture is included in this letter. Well thanks a lot for writing me, I wouldn't mind heading back to St. George in 11 months and feeling the intense dry heat over there. Well, thanks for the letters, the prayers and the examples. I can truly testify of the Gospel of Jesus Christ because I've seen lives without it. Nothing can bring happiness like the Gospel. Well I love you all too, let me know how the rest of the family is doing this week. I haven't heard from Lesley and Keith for ages.
With love,
Elder Butterfield
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Week 58
Well it has been a long week not really knowing what happened with Jacob. We were very relieved when we got this email and he said he was feeling better. I know he doesn't tell us the real story but at least I know he is a little better. Here is his latest letter.
"Hey there! Don't worry, I'm totally fine, they aren't sure what I had, but I'll tell you the story. I was watching the last session of Conference and I had a headache, I start shivering and feeling cold. I told my companion and my District Leader gave me a blessing, I don't know what happened, I just felt really cold. The Zone Leaders showed up and we went to the hospital with another missionary. The doctor only saw me for a couple a minutes and asked me a few questions. She suspected that I had dengue, but they were going to do a blood test the next day. I returned home and slept all day Monday until I had to pack and go to the Zone Leaders' house to wait for the bus the next day. When I got up, I felt fine and I wasn't sick anymore, just with a little diarrhea. I'm here in my new area and it's a really neat town. We also have part of the beach in our area, I wouldn't mind heading out there for a baptismal service. My companion is Elder Salas from Peru, he's got a little more time than me in the mission and has been in this area from 4 months. There's a few army guards that roam around the city, but it's pretty calm around here. The problem with the gangs is located more north around Monterrey, Reynosa, and the state of Chihuahua. It's truly a war and the stories are very depressing of violence. Down here, it's safer and the ''bad guys'' usually don't have anything to do with the Church, much less with the missionaries. If one stays out of their business, they usually won't do anything. As for other news, well I think I'm good on material things. I enjoy the little treats you include in the packages, but don't worry about sending anything special. I'm going to buy some pants today, and maybe a shirt, but it shouldn't be very much, I still have sufficient money left over"
Elder Butterfield
"Hey there! Don't worry, I'm totally fine, they aren't sure what I had, but I'll tell you the story. I was watching the last session of Conference and I had a headache, I start shivering and feeling cold. I told my companion and my District Leader gave me a blessing, I don't know what happened, I just felt really cold. The Zone Leaders showed up and we went to the hospital with another missionary. The doctor only saw me for a couple a minutes and asked me a few questions. She suspected that I had dengue, but they were going to do a blood test the next day. I returned home and slept all day Monday until I had to pack and go to the Zone Leaders' house to wait for the bus the next day. When I got up, I felt fine and I wasn't sick anymore, just with a little diarrhea. I'm here in my new area and it's a really neat town. We also have part of the beach in our area, I wouldn't mind heading out there for a baptismal service. My companion is Elder Salas from Peru, he's got a little more time than me in the mission and has been in this area from 4 months. There's a few army guards that roam around the city, but it's pretty calm around here. The problem with the gangs is located more north around Monterrey, Reynosa, and the state of Chihuahua. It's truly a war and the stories are very depressing of violence. Down here, it's safer and the ''bad guys'' usually don't have anything to do with the Church, much less with the missionaries. If one stays out of their business, they usually won't do anything. As for other news, well I think I'm good on material things. I enjoy the little treats you include in the packages, but don't worry about sending anything special. I'm going to buy some pants today, and maybe a shirt, but it shouldn't be very much, I still have sufficient money left over"
Elder Butterfield
Monday, October 3, 2011
Week 57
Well here it is week 57 and this is not an email I liked reading because he briefly mentions going to the hospital. Not something a mother likes to read. I sure hope he gives me some more information.
Here is his latest letter.
"ey there! Thanks for the letter, lots of great news has come my way. How great you could finish, don't worry about times, maybe next year you can run it with more experience. Was it as bad as Madison? Yikes, my Aggies just need to learn how to close it out I guess. I watched all of Conference, we had the first two sessions in our chapel and then the other ones in the Stake Center. We brought a lot of people to watch Conference and they enjoyed it. I wouldn't mind getting married in the St. George temple either, I'm sure it was a beautiful service. Well, that means that grampa will be able to attend my wedding, what a great blessing. As for me right now, I'm feeling pretty sick, I had to go to the hospital yesterday, and I slept for ten hours last night. Today is my last day in Tlapacoyan, because tomorrow I'll be headed to a new city called Gutierrez Zamora with another companion from Peru named Elder Salas. I will be a District Leader over one other companionship. I really had a wonderful time here in Tlapacoyan and it was a growing experience. Well, I love you all and thanks for writing me. I hope everything goes well this week for you all, and I'll be waiting your next letter!
-Elder Butterfield
Here is his latest letter.
"ey there! Thanks for the letter, lots of great news has come my way. How great you could finish, don't worry about times, maybe next year you can run it with more experience. Was it as bad as Madison? Yikes, my Aggies just need to learn how to close it out I guess. I watched all of Conference, we had the first two sessions in our chapel and then the other ones in the Stake Center. We brought a lot of people to watch Conference and they enjoyed it. I wouldn't mind getting married in the St. George temple either, I'm sure it was a beautiful service. Well, that means that grampa will be able to attend my wedding, what a great blessing. As for me right now, I'm feeling pretty sick, I had to go to the hospital yesterday, and I slept for ten hours last night. Today is my last day in Tlapacoyan, because tomorrow I'll be headed to a new city called Gutierrez Zamora with another companion from Peru named Elder Salas. I will be a District Leader over one other companionship. I really had a wonderful time here in Tlapacoyan and it was a growing experience. Well, I love you all and thanks for writing me. I hope everything goes well this week for you all, and I'll be waiting your next letter!
-Elder Butterfield
Week 56
We are getting ready to head to St. George and I sure wish Jake was running with me. We are keeping Jake updated on his Aggies and a few things that are happening in the world.
"ey there everybody! Thanks for the letter! Things are going great here in Tlapacoyan, we just had our first baptismal service in the new chapel with a woman who has struggled to get to church for two months. I'm excited to hear about the sealing of grampa and LuAnne, it's going to be a really busy time out there, but you're all going to enjoy it. If I had my medal right now, I think I would still be wearing it, well if it's mom's tenth year coming up, she'll be in for life, I don't know if I'll be up to it in a year, maybe from a spectator's view. I don't believe the Browns are winning, but if the Cougs aren't someone has to. Who is Perry? Well, I hope Romney wins it, if America is ready for it. I'll cast him my vote even if he's not the candidate, hahaha. The new President is great, we're getting excited for some big goals in the mission. The Church has to keep on growing and here just about all of the older members are converts. There's nothing big with the gangs down here. They don't do much unless you're in with them and try to leave. Well, pretty neat that you've got a new calling, but I bet it's something new for you. Haha, I wish you could send me a Jamba Juice, maybe I'll just wait until I get home. Well thanks for the letter, I'm about up on my time truth be told. I'm glad to hear everthing is going great with you all. Tell grampa and LuAnne that I love them and I can see how our Heavenly Father prolongs our time to give us the chance to change. Well I love you all and I hope you have an excellent time listening to General Conference!
-Elder Butterfield
"ey there everybody! Thanks for the letter! Things are going great here in Tlapacoyan, we just had our first baptismal service in the new chapel with a woman who has struggled to get to church for two months. I'm excited to hear about the sealing of grampa and LuAnne, it's going to be a really busy time out there, but you're all going to enjoy it. If I had my medal right now, I think I would still be wearing it, well if it's mom's tenth year coming up, she'll be in for life, I don't know if I'll be up to it in a year, maybe from a spectator's view. I don't believe the Browns are winning, but if the Cougs aren't someone has to. Who is Perry? Well, I hope Romney wins it, if America is ready for it. I'll cast him my vote even if he's not the candidate, hahaha. The new President is great, we're getting excited for some big goals in the mission. The Church has to keep on growing and here just about all of the older members are converts. There's nothing big with the gangs down here. They don't do much unless you're in with them and try to leave. Well, pretty neat that you've got a new calling, but I bet it's something new for you. Haha, I wish you could send me a Jamba Juice, maybe I'll just wait until I get home. Well thanks for the letter, I'm about up on my time truth be told. I'm glad to hear everthing is going great with you all. Tell grampa and LuAnne that I love them and I can see how our Heavenly Father prolongs our time to give us the chance to change. Well I love you all and I hope you have an excellent time listening to General Conference!
-Elder Butterfield
Week 55
Here is Jacob's latest letter.
"Hey there! How goes it back there?! What is this, the gathering of the Butterfield family in Oklahoma? Haha, well thanks for updating me on the Cougs, I hope Travis can keep his sprits up and say, ''there's always next year.'' We'll see if my Aggies can pull off two years straight on BYU, I think it can be done. For a moment I thought you were in Oregon, talking about the big soccer tournament, but thanks for informing me about the cool happenings up there in OK. Keep me posted on your trip to St. George, I'm pretty excited to hear how everything turns out. That's great for Keith and Lesley, I haven't heard from them in awhile, but I'm sure he'll be getting more interviews. Mikkal and Ben are still jetsetting, but they still haven't visited Veracruz... We'll the chapel is all set here, they have mutual and other activities. In fact, one of our investigators is directing a theater performance that they're going to do is a few weeks. His name is Silvino, he would have been baptized, but he's waiting until his mom arrives from the US so that she can see it too. Don't worry about my skin, I put on sunscreen everyday, and if I didn't it would much worse. I really think it was the photo that was left me looking funny. The week was productive and we have some truly great converts here. There's always problems and hardships, but nothing compares to the blessings of the mission. Something I've really liked is how we teach with conviction and not a set lesson plan. Well, I love you all back there, I'll try to take more pictures and keep you updated on the developments of the mission!"
"Hey there! How goes it back there?! What is this, the gathering of the Butterfield family in Oklahoma? Haha, well thanks for updating me on the Cougs, I hope Travis can keep his sprits up and say, ''there's always next year.'' We'll see if my Aggies can pull off two years straight on BYU, I think it can be done. For a moment I thought you were in Oregon, talking about the big soccer tournament, but thanks for informing me about the cool happenings up there in OK. Keep me posted on your trip to St. George, I'm pretty excited to hear how everything turns out. That's great for Keith and Lesley, I haven't heard from them in awhile, but I'm sure he'll be getting more interviews. Mikkal and Ben are still jetsetting, but they still haven't visited Veracruz... We'll the chapel is all set here, they have mutual and other activities. In fact, one of our investigators is directing a theater performance that they're going to do is a few weeks. His name is Silvino, he would have been baptized, but he's waiting until his mom arrives from the US so that she can see it too. Don't worry about my skin, I put on sunscreen everyday, and if I didn't it would much worse. I really think it was the photo that was left me looking funny. The week was productive and we have some truly great converts here. There's always problems and hardships, but nothing compares to the blessings of the mission. Something I've really liked is how we teach with conviction and not a set lesson plan. Well, I love you all back there, I'll try to take more pictures and keep you updated on the developments of the mission!"
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